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Middle-player the key of victory, says Chinese coach Yu

Ningbo, China, June 27, 2012 – Yu Juemin, head coach of China, said that the good performance from middle-players became the key factor for China to win the match against Cuba.

Cuba captain Yusidey Silie Frometa: Congratulate to China, it is not a happy day for us. We made a lot of mistakes, we hope play well in the next matches.

China captain Wei Qiuyue: This is an excellent match, every Chinese players played a high level. We will meet many strong teams in the world in the finals, which are very good for our preparation for the Olympic Games.

China coach Yu Juemin: This is our first match in the Grand Prix finals. Some of the Chinese players, especially our captain Wei, suffered from injury, which cause us much trouble on court. We are good at receiving, on the basis of these, our middle-players had very good performance today.

Cuba coach Juan Carlos Gala Rodriguez: We had a bad game today, made a lot of mistakes over the net, our middle-player didn't play well. On the contrary, the Chinese middle-players played very well today.Download highresolution